Salade Niçoise Tart
“There are many versions of this online and it is such a good idea, I wish I’d thought of it myself. If you want to save time, buy Paneton savoury pastry. If you want to save more time, buy a jar of caramelised onions...”
Tarta de Queso (Basque Cheesecake)
“This recipe comes from the pintxos bar in San Sebastián that invented it – I go there every year with my gastronomic group. It’s like a big soufflé, and is cooked fast and hot. We stand in the street outside the bar eating it while sipping sherry…”
Potato pancakes with pork filling – Kolduny
For these stuffed pancakes, try to buy pork mince with a really high fat content or make your own using high-quality pork belly which has a good meat-to-fat ratio. There are a lot of potatoes to grate here, but if you have a food processor with a grater attachment, it does the job in minutes. Enjoy with soured cream or the Aubergine Ikra (page 160).
Ricotta berry tart
“This pretty sweet treat is so easy to whip up that the hardest part is waiting for the pastry to defrost!” - Nabula El Mourid
Puff pastry pizza pinwheels
“Busy little monkeys will love this tasty, crispy snack on the run. (Just don’t mention that they’re packed with vegetables!)” - Nabula El Mourid
Honey-oat biscuits for cheese
They’re the most refined, delicious oat cookies imaginable; they first appeared in the 1990s and you used to be able to get them here. Duchy Original products were made using organic ingredients grown on Charles’ Duchy of Cornwall land and for an oat biscuit, Duchy Originals were posh. And expensive...
Northern-style kimchi dumplings - Ibuksik kimchi mandu
“My paternal grandfather was from North Korea and I grew up dutifully making these northern-style kimchi dumplings with my family as long ago as I can remember. My father insisted on practising the technique religiously for every family gathering or national holiday – large or small…